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In "How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify Slavery," we delve into the complex and troubling history of how the Bible was interpreted and manip...
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An exceptional display in 2018 at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., focused on a rare Bible from the 1880s that was used by British missionaries t...
Oct 20, 2008 · Acton Media's seventh short video from their new documentary The Birth of Freedom features Susan Wise Bauer, author of The History of the Ancient World. She...
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Feb 23, 2018 · How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify Slavery. 6 minute read. A bible Michael Dümmler— EyeEm&/Getty Images. ... whether he be bond or free.” (Paul repeated himself, almost word ...
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Mar 12, 2024 · The first written use of the Curse of Ham to justify slavery appeared in the 15th century, when Gomes Eanes de Zurara, a Portuguese historian, wrote that the enchained Africans he’d seen were in ...
May 6, 2019 · Then Africans made it their path to freedom. The Bible was used to justify slavery. Then Africans made it their path to freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) An exhibit discussing slavery and the ...
By 1500, European Christians believed slavery was a more devastating punishment than execution for criminals and prisoners of war. Still, European Christians did not object to the enslavement of non-Christians, particularly with ongoing conflicts between Christians and non-Christians within Europe, in the nearby Islamic World , and later in West and Central Africa (which also included Muslim ...
